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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1909
Page
5
A brief, fragmentary line notes a husband at home, with a remark about his time. The tone hints at social commentary on domestic roles and public perception.
Miss Ethel Stoops of Knoxville Iowa swallowed a two inch steel pin last week and faced violent abdominal pain as it moved through the stomach to the caecum. Des Moines surgeon Dr. J W Cokenower led a team including Drs C W Cornell L P Cornell J W Finarty and J W Brann in a major operation that began at 10 am and finished around noon. The pin was located in the caecum with severe inflammation. the operation was deemed a success but the girl died a few hours later.
Philadelphia June 5 Owen Wister the novelist remains seriously ill at Butler Place with extreme weakness and nervous low mood stoking a long bout of illness. Dr John K Mitchell and other specialists treat him for a nervous disorder. The illness followed his mother's death and has halted a new novel and a play.
The Kirkwood Post in Iowa City expunged Capt E H Ely commander's order forbidding decoration of a Confederate grave with post property. National and state leaders had urged honoring Confederate graves alongside Union ones in counties with both. Ely's orders were repudiated by a majority, stirring G A R sentiment.
Edward Phelan 17, part of a group with Virgil Hayatt who died from wild parsnip poisoning, died after being sent to collect samples. He reportedly rubbed milk from the parsnip into a cheek abrasion, spreading the toxin.
New Orleans June 4 A 30 year old man William D Blessing attacked his twenty year old sister with a hatchet during wedding plans. He then threw acid in her eyes and mouth leaving her possibly disfigured though the victim may recover.
A reporter questions a politician about turnout at a recent ward caucus. The exchange seeks a rough count of participants, highlighting the informal estimate rather than exact figures.
Washington D C June 5 A move in Oklahoma may disfranchise the blind senator Thomas P Gore by a new law barring any citizen from receiving assistance in preparing a vote If enforced Gore could be denied access to voting due to blindness The measure is unpopular in Oklahoma and may be vetoed or repealed by referendum within the state
Ithaca college professor Vladimir Karapetoff urged graduates to settle all student debts return borrowed items repair damage and reconcile with landladies and fellow students. He warned against carrying memories of conflicts home and urged settling accounts with Ithaca in mind.
Dean Ramsay recalls a Perth writer enraged by a forgotten appointment swearing broadly on a road. A sister notes how swearing crept into social life. He also reflects on Paris as world capital with no guillotine inside. Hugo’s warless dream seemed plausible, three years before 1870.
Cedar Rapids reports the Wright brothers of airship fame are Iowans. Loren Wright manufactures the ship while elder brother and family moves on to Dayton Ohio where a big home day is planned for June 13. Kate Wright gained world note with her portraits.
David Moyland of Cleveland, missing both arms, will write the bar exam answers with a pen in his mouth. He completed law study at Cleveland Law School after three years of study and practice, with support from teachers and Cleveland lawyers who expect him to pass with a high score.
Claiming to relieve constipation and cleanse bowels, the ad touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a reliable tonic for thirty years. It promotes tea or tablets for 35 cents and is attributed to F. S. Shriner with June as the date.
Philadelphia mayor recalls past muddy Schuylkill water and a courtier Peter Burness jokes that medicinal mud is best for bathing. He recounts a suggestion to dry the body with a radiator heat and brush off residue with a whisk broom instead of towels.
Oscar Hammerstein criticizes Metropolitan Opera for hoarding stars and paying singers who do not sing. He notes rival houses muster hard words as a rule in opera and recalls a Canadian actor’s chilly NY reception and a scene shifter’s remark about two free seats for an old woman near the door.
A humorous clipping contrasts women golfers in ill fitting attire with men in polished clubwear at a country club. It includes a quip by a woman journalist on golf fashion and a Philadelphia anecdote about fried rattlesnake jokes in a restaurant.
An old style advertisement touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a reliable cure for diarrhoea. It targets readers with moderate means and urges purchase for 25 cents from F.W. Jericho. The June notice frames the medicine as a short, inexpensive remedy.
A Black and White correspondent recalls the Duke of Connaught and Duchess visiting Japan, noting a joke about plans to see everything except an earthquake. Just after, the house trembled as the host jokingly called it the honorable earthquake.
In 1867, the writer contemplates a return of the guillotine in France after years of disuse and argues such a revival would傷 griev Victor Hugo’s sanguine spirit.
A man recalls attending a fashionable wedding where the orchestra played a modern opera air marking the heroine’s entrance. The plot centers on a sham Buddhistic ceremony and a tragic marriage, yet the music was played in a church noted for intelligence in town.
A traveler describes a Bosnia peasant woman famed for an astonishing cosmetics store. She used rose oil and water, musk, saffron, amber, and dyed hair black with traditional kna. Eyebrows and lashes darkened, cheeks tinted, nails painted, and depilatory lime and alum used. By age 30 her beauty faded.
Grave diggers aim to join the building trades council of Greater New York but are denied. Builders argue the last home of man is not a house, while grave makers say digging earth aligns them with cellar workers already admitted.
The unions of the building trades criticize the reasoning that allows living spaces in cellars and houses above a cellar but forbids dwelling over graves, arguing the logic is flawed. The builders warn of practical and moral concerns in such zoning interpretations.
An advertisement extols Electric Bitters as a remedy for pale sickly women. It claims the tonic cleanses the stomach liver and kidneys improves complexion and nerves and brightens eyes and breath. Sold for 50 cents at FF. S. Shriner's drug store in June.
In Sausalito California on a calm day Miss Carrol Sheldon daughter of Reno stock broker H H Sheldon was boating when a ferry wave capsized her small craft. Her collie swam ashore after she tied a ribbon to its color and commanded help. The dog barked until Newton Faucett the mining broker arrived to rescue her.
The man asserts his wealth to win approval while the woman tests his claims, saying he can make ample provision. She confirms a single point on her fingers and challenges his worldly experience as they negotiate.
A dialogue shows a woman acknowledging a man’s solid qualities yet seeking a husband rather than a fiancé. He asserts steadfast guidance, while she weighs readiness for marriage and his suitability as a father. The exchange centers on choosing commitment over mere approval.
Farmers and mechanics often suffer minor injuries that cause delays. Chamberlain's Liniment can cut healing time by about one third when applied promptly to cuts, bruises, sprains, and muscular soreness. It helps prevent blood poisoning if used before inflammation. Sold by W. Jericho. June.
The article describes Holland’s plan with 5000 acres of public land divided into six model farms. Poor persons on relief may join as free farmers by voluntary labor to learn agriculture and rent a small farm. A separate forced labor colony compels beggars and vagrants to work on farm and other tasks.
A brief notice offering subscription to The Tribune at one dollar per year. This item notes the price and the publication's appeal to readers seeking affordable access.
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